Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

By Katie FerraroHealth & Fitness Nutrition Parenting Kids & Family

Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro episodes

July 05, 2021BLW Basics: Is My Baby Ready to Start Solid Foods?
#141: How do I know if my baby is ready to start solid foods with baby-led weaning? What are the reliable signs of readiness to self-feed that we should be looking out for as the baby approaches 6 months? In this episode as part of our BLW Basics series we’re going through the signs of readiness to start solid foods for babies.

Listen to this episode to learn:
What if my baby isn’t sitting independently at or around 6 months of age?
How do I adjust my baby’s age if the baby was born preterm?
Do all babies lose their tongue thrust reflex before 6 months of age?
What if my baby is interested in mouthing objects or looking at food before 6 months of age?
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/141

Links from This Episode:
Episode 2: 5 Things Your Baby Should Be Able to Do Before Starting Baby-Led Weaning
Episode 3: 5 Things Parents & Caregivers Should Do Before Starting Baby-Led Weaning
Episode 119: Premature Babies: How to Estimate & Adjust Age for Starting Solids
Episode 109: I Started Purees Too Early: Should I Stop Before Switching to BLW?
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

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Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

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13 min
June 28, 2021My BLW Baby at 12 Months Old: What Comes Next?
#139: What nutrition and feeding changes happen when your baby turns 1 year old? What foods should a toddler eat that are different than in infancy? In this episode we’re looking at your 12 month old baby-led weaning baby, who is about to not be a baby anymore! This episode covers topics about monitoring growth in the 2nd year of life, how to wean your baby off the bottle, how calorie and nutrient needs change (slightly) and the 2 biggest things that sabotage the toddler’s diet: milk and snacks.

Listen to this episode to learn:
When should my baby stop drinking milk out of a bottle?
How much iron do 1 year olds need?
How do I know if my baby/toddler is eating enough?
Should I start giving snacks to a toddler if we didn’t do snacks in infancy?
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/139

Links from This Episode:
Episode 113: Transitioning to Cow's Milk: How Do I Do This?
Episode 35: Snacks: Why Early Eaters Don’t Need Snacks
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

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Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

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If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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19 min
June 19, 2021 BONUS 7: Celebrating Dads who Do Baby-Led Weaning
Happy Father’s Day to all the baby-led weaning dads! This is a special bonus episode of the BABY-LED WEANING MADE EASY podcast and we are CELEBRATING dads who do baby-led weaning.
If you’re ready to raise an independent eater and prevent picky eating then let’s get started learning about baby-led weaning together! Subscribe, rate and review the podcast here.

FREE BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS ONLINE WORKSHOP: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop?utm_source=Shownotes&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Episode%20Link

FOLLOW @BABYLEDWEANTEAM ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/

SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE:
https://www.blwpodcast.com/bonus/dads2021

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19 min
May 13, 2021EAT THE 8: How to Use Food to Prevent Food Allergy (...and skip the supplement powder stuff!)
#126: When did allergenic food introduction become about feeding babies supplements and powders and stick-packs? What about good old fashioned food? Research demonstrates that early introduction of allergenic foods helps prevent food allergies...but those studies were done with FOOD - not gimmicky subscription model supplement programs!

My fellow FOOD FIRST colleague, Dr. Ron Sunog and I have teamed up to bring you a really novel approach to preventing food allergy in your baby...wait for it...feed your baby actual FOOD! And our new program EAT THE 8: Preventing Food Allergy with Food shows you EXACTLY how to do that (safely) and is now open for enrollment.

If you’re interested in learning how to safely select, prepare and offer your baby the BIG 8 allergenic foods (plus sesame) - we’ve got a step-by-step road map for you, taught by 2 experts specializing in food and feeding. As long as your baby is 6 months of age + showing the other signs of readiness to eat, we can help your baby eat the allergenic foods in as little as 9 weeks.

You DON’T need to buy into expensive supplement powder programs to introduce allergenic foods. Babies can learn to eat allergenic foods & we can show you how. Check out EAT THE 8 program at www.foodallergyclass.com & come join us in this FOOD FIRST REVOLUTION!!!

Listen to this episode to learn:
...Safely introduce your baby to each of the major allergenic foods early and often...no more using fake food powders because you’re scared of feeding real food!

...Recognize the signs of a true allergic reaction...and understand the other non-serious symptoms that aren’t worth worrying about

...Bypass expensive and gimmicky supplement and powder subscription programs designed to convince you that your baby can’t eat real food

...Make all of the program recipes that help you safely select, prepare and offer your baby all of the allergenic foods at each of the 3 infant feeding ages & stages (...even if you can’t cook!)

...Raise the kind of independent eater grandparents brag about…”My grandbaby eats shellfish...and LOVES every bite!”
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/126

Links from This Episode:
Join the EAT THE 8 program here
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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8 min
May 07, 2021Interviewing my Mom: How She Didn’t Like BLW at First & Why She Changed
BONUS 6: Ever been told by your mom, “Well, you were spoon-fed and you turned out just fine?!” SAME. It took my mom a LONG time to come around to baby-led weaning.

In this special Mother’s Day episode I’m interviewing my own mom, Mary Clark, RD - aka Granny. We’re chatting about how she introduced solids with me 42 years ago, how that changed for her next 5 kids and what she REALLY thinks about baby-led weaning 20 grandkids later.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you...you are doing a FABULOUS job feeding those babies & keep up the good work. I hope you enjoy this little chat with my mom.

Listen to this episode to learn:
How she introduced solids to me when I was a baby 42 years ago...and reminisces about how expensive babies can be and the time she cried at the grocery store
Why she initially thought baby-led weaning was “silly”...but how she eventually came around on it and might even now be considered a BLW advocate too
What she thought about me feeding our babies broccoli (spoiler alert: she freaked) and ideas on how you can talk to your mom or mother-in-law if they’re not into BLW right away either
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/bonus6

Links from this episode:
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community!

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23 min
April 12, 2021Game Meat: How to Offer Game Meats Safely to Your Baby
#117: Is it safe for babies to eat game meat? We’re talking about venison and deer, elk, moose, wild boar and other wild animals and birds...how do you make them safe for babies to eat?

Game meat offers unique taste and texture opportunities for your baby...but there are some safety precautions to take to ensure the meat is being handled and prepared in a way that does not harm the baby.

Listen to this episode to learn:
Why game meats are more lean than domesticated animal meat...and the types of cooking methods to employ to make them safe for babies to eat
What types of bullets to choose to help prevent lead toxicity from the meat that is then fed to babies
How to braise elk steaks and incorporate ground game meats into recipes that babies (and the rest of the family!) will love
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/117

Links from This Episode:
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other Episodes Related to This Topic:
Podcast Episode 103 Liver: How to Offer Liver Safely to Babies was mentioned in this episode and you can learn all about liver by clicking here.

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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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16 min
April 08, 2021Eczema Management and Skincare Made by Moms in Medicine with Evereden Founder Kimberley Ho
#116: Kimberly Ho quit her job as an investment banker after seeing some of the shadier sides of so-called green and clean cosmetic and skin-care companies. She launched Evereden with the belief that there could be a truly clean line of skin-care for babies and moms.

What we put ON our babies’ skin and why it’s just as important as what we put IN their bodies. Kim’s company Evereden employs a “Moms in Medicine” team of highly respected leading pediatric dermatologists who are also moms and involved in choosing every aspect of what goes IN (and stays OUT) of their skincare line.

Kimberly Ho’s team at Evereden is working to revolutionize eczema management with quality, clean skincare products that WORK. We’re chatting about the link between eczema and food allergy risk as well as what to look for when choosing skincare product for your entire family.

Listen to this episode to learn:
How seeing the truth about so-called “green” and “clean” big brand skincare products was so off-putting that Kim quit her full time investment banking job to start Evereden
Why the word “natural” can be just as meaningless in skincare as it is in nutrition (...”Poison ivy” is a natural skin product but we don’t want it on our skin!” Kim says)
What ingredients to look for and what to avoid when selecting skin products for your baby...don’t forget your baby’s facial skin is probably the most delicate type of skin & has to be treated as such!
The best skincare products and lotions for babies with eczema and how to control eczema in your baby
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/116

Links from This Episode:
Follow Kimberley on Instagram at @kimintechnicolor
Follow Evereden on Instagram at @everedenbrand
Visit the Evereden website here and get 15% off with discount code BABYLEDWEAN15 (excludes bundles)
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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34 min
March 29, 2021Transitioning to Cow's Milk: How Do I Do This?
#113: How do I transition to cow's milk from breastmilk or formula? What age do I make the switch? What are the nutritional benefits of cow's milk?

In this episode, I'll walk you through the transition (hint: it's not for the beginners!) to cow's milk IF that's what is right for your family. I also cover cow's milk as an allergenic food and how the introduction is different from fluid cow's milk. Lastly, I touch on how milk might be affecting your toddler's hunger during mealtime. Happy listening!

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/113

Links from This Episode:
Episode 79 - How to Pick a Milk When Your Baby Turns 1
Episode 55 - How to drop a milk feed
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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16 min
March 15, 2021I Started Purees Too Early: Should I Stop Before Switching to BLW?
#109: If you started purees and you want to switch to baby-led weaning should you stop purees? Or how do you make the transition to baby-led weaning if you began solids before 6 months of age? In this episode we’re breaking down what to do if you started solids too early and are now wondering whether you should stop before beginning baby-led weaning.

Listen to this episode to learn:
How the guidance about when to start solids has shifted wildly over the decades...but why every major health body now advises waiting until baby is 6 months to start
Why it’s ok to use spoons in baby-led weaning but why the pre-loaded spoon method is preferred and advice on how to let baby self-feed vs. you spoon-feeding
...and if you’re wondering whether it’s harmful to stop purees and wait until the baby is ready before beginning baby-led weaning, we’re going to chat through that too!
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/109

Links from This Episode:
Amy Bentley’s book Inventing Baby Food that discusses the changing age of introduction of solid foods is available on Amazon here
Listen to the previous episode “How to Pre-Load A BLW Spoon Self-Feeding Technique with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP” mentioned in this episode here
Listen to the previous episode “The History of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 1)” mentioned in this episode here
Listen to the previous episode “The Future of BLW with its Founding Philosopher Gill Rapley, PhD (Part 2)” mentioned in this episode here
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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18 min
March 08, 2021Corn: How to Offer Corn Safely to Your Baby
#107: Can babies eat corn? Is corn good for babies? How do I safely offer corn for my baby? In this episode we’re talking all things corn for baby-led weaning: why corn kernels are a choking hazard early on in BLW, when it’s safe to offer your baby corn on the cob, how to use cornmeal for self-feeding and how to adapt a recipe for cornbread to make it ok for your baby to eat.

Listen to this episode to learn:
Corn kernels - why babies should not be fed small individual corn kernels early on in feeding; but how you can adapt corn into a BLW recipe that babies can safely self-feed
Corn on the cob - why we don’t offer baby corn on the cob until there is at least 1 tooth to help maximize independence in self-feeding
Cornmeal - how homemade polenta is one of the easiest baby foods you’ll ever make and how to adapt a cornbread recipe to make it safe for BLW
Shownotes for this episode can be found here:
https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/107

Links from This Episode:
Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱

Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

👀 👀 👀 👀 👀

Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely.

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community!

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13 min

About Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro

From the publisher's feed

Is your baby ready to start solid foods but you’re feeling overwhelmed or confused about baby-led weaning? Babies can eat so many more foods than we give them credit for and you don’t have to force-feed or spoon-feed to get them to eat real food!